Tuesday, 15 July, 2008 , 10:29 AFP — Turkish forces killed 22 separatist Kurdish rebels, bombarding and storming their mountain hide-out during a four-day raid near the Iraqi border, the army said Tuesday.

Monday, 14 July, 2008 , 17:46 AFP — Two Turkish soldiers and eight separatist Kurdish rebels have been killed in recent fighting in the country's southeast near the border with Iraq, the army said Monday.

Monday, 14 July, 2008 , 08:00 AFP — Kurdish rebels in Iraq said three Germans abducted in Turkey last week were in good health but demanded that Ankara halt military assaults in the area where they were seized.

Monday, 14 July, 2008 , 07:42 AFP — Two Turkish soldiers were killed in a clash with separatist Kurdish rebels in the country's southeast near the border with Iraq, a security source said Monday.

Sunday, 13 July, 2008 , 16:16 AFP — The rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which last week kidnapped three Germans in Turkey, said Sunday it was "strong enough" to hit German economic targets, an agency close to the group reported.

Sunday, 13 July, 2008 , 09:39 AFP — Turkish soldiers shot and killed two Kurdish rebels on Sunday as they tried to plant explosives on a road in eastern Turkey, security officials said.

Saturday, 12 July, 2008 , 18:02 AFP — Three soldiers and a civilian were killed in fresh violence in Turkey's restive Kurdish-majority southeast, officials and media reports said Saturday.

Saturday, 12 July, 2008 , 17:18 AFP — German Chancellor Angela Merkel issued a personal appeal for the immediate release of three Germans kidnapped in Turkey earlier this week by Kurdish rebels, in an interview to appear Sunday.

Saturday, 12 July, 2008 , 10:48 AFP — Kurdish rebels warned Germany about the "negative consequences" of its policy towards Kurds before it kidnapped three Germans in Turkey this week, the weekly Der Spiegel reports in its edition to go on sale Monday.

Friday, 11 July, 2008 , 11:36 AFP — Germany called Friday for the immediate release of three nationals seized on Mount Ararat in Turkey by rebels from the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) and rejected the kidnappers' demands.